System and apparatus to provide a backchannel for a receiver terminal in a conference

摘要

A computer program product and system for providing a back-channel for a receiver terminal in a conference is described. In one embodiment, the computer program product includes a computer usable medium having computer program code embodied therein to receive media streams of one or more terminals in a panel on a multicast address. The computer program product further includes computer readable program code to connect to a multipoint controller in the panel by using a multipoint address, and computer readable program code to join the panel to transmit and receive media streams on the multicast address and for establishing bi-directional communication with the one or more terminals.